The association between cost and quality in trauma: Is greater spending associated with higher-quality care?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-222

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Dick, Andrew W ^b   Osler, Turner M ^c   Meredith, Wayne ^d   Mukamel, Dana B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health services research; outcome assessment; quality assurance; quality of care; statistical models; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAB WOUND; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955171719     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e623f6     Document Type: Article

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